Leishmaniasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年1月12日 · Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is usually a sequel of visceral leishmaniasis that appears as macular, papular or nodular rash usually on face, upper arms and trunk. It occurs in east Africa (mainly in Sudan) and on the Indian subcontinent, where 5–10% of patients with kala-azar are ...
Kala-azar - World Health Organization (WHO)
2021年12月28日 · Kala-azar cases have decreased by 98% (1 275 cases in 2021) since the start of intensified activities in 1992 (77 102 cases). To get to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and WHO targets for kala-azar elimination as a public health problem, block level incidence of cases should be reduced to less than 1 case per 10 000 population.
Leishmaniasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2020年5月22日 · VL, or kala-azar, is the most severe form of leishmaniasis. The main signs are prolonged irregular bouts of fever, enlarged spleen and/or loss of weight. Other signs and symptoms include anaemia, enlarged liver, cough, diarrhoea and enlarged lymph nodes.
Leishmaniasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月3日 · PKDL (post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis), a complication of VL, is mainly seen in East Africa and South-East Asia. It is characterized by a discoloured (hypopigmented) flat skin (macular) rash, combined with some slightly elevated (maculopapular) or elevated (nodular) rash, usually in patients who have recovered from VL.
Bangladesh achieves historic milestone by eliminating kala-azar as …
2023年10月31日 · Kala-azar leads to symptoms such as fever, weight loss, spleen and liver enlargement, and, if left untreated, can prove fatal in over 95% of cases. Bangladesh was successfully validated by WHO based on the fact that the number of reported cases of visceral leishmaniasis was below 1 per 10 000 population in each of the country’s subdistricts ...
Kala-azar in India – progress and challenges towards its …
2021年7月2日 · Visceral leishmaniasis is commonly known as kala-azar (KA), a word coined in the late nineteenth century in India, which literally means “black disease”, referring to the greyish or blackish discolouration of the skin during infection, from the Hindi word for black (kala) and the Persian word for disease (azar). The disease is caused by the parasite L. donovani and it …
Visceral leishmaniasis elimination: India gears-up to overcome last ...
2021年7月29日 · India is redoubling efforts to resolve remaining challenges in the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar, as a public health problem.1 After years of steady progress, several measures and cross-sectoral interventions are being envisaged, with 4 centres of excellence to become operational in disease endemic areas, in order to provide …
Leishmaniasis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Leishmaniasis visceral (también denominada kala-azar): a falta de tratamiento, es mortal en más del 95% de los casos. Se caracteriza por episodios irregulares de fiebre, pérdida de peso, hepatoesplenomegalia y anemia.
Training on National Kala-azar Vector Control Guideline for ...
2022年3月8日 · In the current national strategic plan, National Kala-azar Elimination Programme (NKEP) has set a target of achieving zero transmission of Kala-azar by 2025. Vector control is one of the important strategies of NKEP for interruption of transmission of Kala-azar in Bangladesh. Bangladesh achieved the target for elimination of Kala-azar as a public health …
Kala-Azar elimination programme - World Health Organization …
2015年7月14日 · Bangladesh, India and Nepal have the largest burden of the disease in the Region, with recent, sporadic cases being reported from Bhutan and Thailand as well. These five countries renewed their commitment to eliminating kala-azar from the Region at a side event held during the thirty-second meeting of Ministers of Health of WHO’s South-East Asia Region …